Mary K. Miraglia

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FORT LEE, N.J. -- From soothing chicken noodle to rich tomato, soup is one dish that never disappoints. We asked for your top picks for our DVlicious “Best Soup in Bergen County” contest and whittled it down to five finalists. Each is being profiled this week with the winner selected Monday, Feb. 22. Here’s a “bowl-ful” rundown on one of them.Franco’s Metro, 1475 Bergen Blvd., Fort Lee, ...

A bill to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearinghouse in New Jersey was released by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee Thursday.Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-36th District) is a primary sponsor of the bill that would create and maintain a central repository of information regarding all firearms that have been seized, forfeited, found or otherwise obtained by law ...

EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A dispute over how their drug business operated sparked an argument that left a 16-year-old Rockland boy dead after he was stabbed in Edgewater by the the son of a former New York City mayor's aide, an assistant prosecutor told a judge in Hackensack on Tuesday.Khari E. Noerdlinger, 19, of Edgewater, owed money to Savion Lewallen of Spring Valley when he stuck a knife ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Hasbrouck Heights Police Sgt. Nicholas Sisto has retired after 26 years in law enforcement.Sisto began his career in 1990 with the NYPD before transferring to the borough three years later.He erved several years as the D.A.R.E officer for the Corpus Christi School, where he was actively involved.He also "combined his NYC police training, psychology degree ...

LEONIA, N.J. -- An Indian national busted by a Leonia detective in a $170,000 IRS phone scam that claimed 70 victims in 32 states was sentenced Friday to time served in exchange for a guilty plea and a promise to cooperate with prosecutors.Her lawyer said that Nikita Patel, 25, "plans to stay in the area and go back to school.” But the INS has placed a deportation detainer on her, ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A delegation of Midland Park police officers stood against a courtroom wall as a judge in Hackensack set $5 million bail Thursday morning for a disgraced former NYPD officer accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in her driveway.The delegation was led by borough Mayor Harry Shortway, who also is a Bergen County undersheriff.Defense attorney Anthony M. LaPinta ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Nine men and a woman with reputed gang ties moved closer to resolving charges against them in the slaying of a 14-year-old bystander during a Paterson street-corner shooting last fall.All 10 were brought into Superior Court in Hackensack on Monday because the mother of victim -- International High School basketball standout Nazerah Bugg -- works at the Passaic County ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 21-year old Hackensack man could be freed from prison in three years after admitting for a second time that he forced an 11-year-old Teaneck girl to give him oral sex.Quashawn Nowlin originally pleaded guilty and then withdrew the plea after the girl's mother said she'd prefer he get counseling instead of prison time.But he returned to court on Friday -- and ...

PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Paramus pizza restaurant manager who pleaded guilty to molesting a 19-year old employee in her car after making advances to her for weeks was sentenced Friday to 364 days in the Bergen County Jail, after which he'll likely be deported.Akram Tadros, 43, an Egyptian national living in Lodi, was “physically and emotionally weak" during the attack in the Route 17 ...

Most people heeded authorities' warnings that they stay home during Saturday's snow storm -- but not enough of them, Bergen County Jim Tedesco told Daily Voice."There are still too many cars on the road," Tedesco said while out with a snow plow. "It’s causing problems for snow removal operations."Lt. Matthew Tiedemann, the county Office of Emergency Management ...